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When You Have to “Go Through It”
“We can’t go over it,
We can’t go under it,
Oh no!
We got to go through it.”
You may recognize those words from the beloved children’s book, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.
I remember animatedly reading the book to my kids when they were little, complete with impressive (if I say so myself) sound effects. In the book, ...
When Your New Year Goals Begin to Crumble
Last night, I brought cake up to my bed at 10:15 pm because, hey, those leftover Christmas goodies aren’t just going to eat themselves up, are they? Someone had to clean out the fridge. So I volunteered myself. It was in the line of duty.
The night before the unused potato chips from our New Year’s ...
A Christmas Prayer For You
As we gather with friends and family for Christmas, I want to take a moment to say thank you. Thank you for reading the words God lays on my heart and for blessing me with your words of encouragement and prayers for my family.
Christmas this year is going to be especially hard for us as ...
When the Holidays are Hard
Did you ever make a wish list for Santa when you were little?
Growing up in south India in the eighties and early nineties meant I most definitely didn’t mail any letters to the North Pole.
In fact, gifts weren’t really a big feature of our Christmas celebration.
And, no, that wasn’t because I was some saintly kid ...
God Carries You, Mama! (+ Free Phone Wallpaper)
Hey friends,
As a slightly (ahem) "older" mom, I figured I should share some nuggets of truth with the mama who is just starting her journey of parenting. Not that I have it all figured out. I don't. Not by a long shot.
But I do know one thing about this parenting gig—I need God in the ...
When Disappointment Is All You Can Unwrap This Christmas
I wrote this post last Christmas, but I sense it might be more relevant this year as we've navigated 2020. I've made some edits to the piece - but there's something that I can't alter: the unchanging hope that Christmas brings. May His hope be our anchor this season and always.
Maybe you’re done being merry. ...
“If I Were President …” Life Lessons from a Kindergartener
You’re looking at a paper cut-out silhouette of my son when he was in Kindergarten. Below his profile are the wise (and hard-to-decipher) words of my then five-year-old. Let me help you with the mommy translation: If I were President I would “work hard at cleaning my room.”
The boy is 12 years old now. His ...
